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Anne Segal

Anne Sorock Segal is a market researcher and president of The Frontier Lab, a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase demand for freedom and revive a unifying American character using cutting-edge behavioral science methodologies.

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 45 Comments

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim woman who authored a fascinating book, "Infidel," about her life, has penned an article in this week's Newsweek entitled "Muslim Rage: How I Survived, How We Can End It." The article and the cover are infuriating the Left, as...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 12 Comments

Michelle Obama, the Joan of Arc leading the crusade against food freedom, brags in this week's US Magazine to enjoying fried twinkies in Iowa! The magazine published a feature about Michelle entitled "Exclusive: First Lady Michelle Obama: 5 Things You Don't Know about Me." From the...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 20 Comments

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, a movement born of disaffection, a surface-level distrust of the political and financial establishment, and more than all that together, ennui. To mark the occasion, what is left of the group is once again taking to New...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 17, 2012 21 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union strike continues Monday after a failure to resolve the strike, now into its second week with 350,000 children affected by the standoff. There had been some optimism that the union officials, who met Sunday afternoon, would vote in favor of the...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 15, 2012 22 Comments

It appears the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), which held a solidarity rally this Saturday afternoon, is facilitating a rejuvenation of the Wisconsin-style protest movement. The scene at Saturday's rally, held in anticipation of Sunday's yes-or-no vote on the latest negotiated agreement, seemed more like a...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 14, 2012 27 Comments

Violence continues to erupt across the Middle East and North Africa today following the attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya on September 11 that killed the ambassador and three others Americans. An interactive map of the violence is available from National Journal detailing where and what is...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 13, 2012 14 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has announced their strike will continue into Friday--despite an offer from Jesse Jackson to mediate--after CTU President Karen Lewis said she's "optimistic, but we're still hammering things out." At the heart of the standstill is accountability: merit pay, the evaluation process,...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 10, 2012 31 Comments

I've been documenting the presence of the Chicago Teachers Union at non-education-related, radical protests over the past year. From Occupy to Anarchist, gay pride, and anti-NATO protests, the union deploys its members not on the basis of "for the children" but rather for political solidarity. On...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 10, 2012 31 Comments

Just after the Chicago Teachers Union released a statement on its website declaring their intent to strike Monday morning, the union published a solidarity statement from feminist and honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America Gloria Steinem as the top item on their website. In...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 07, 2012 33 Comments

Clint Eastwood gave his first post-convention interview today explaining how he came to address the "empty chair" and just what he thinks of the reaction. Speaking with The Carmel Pine Cone, a local California paper, Eastwood said that "President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 02, 2012 34 Comments

Twitchy reports that parents are pressuring advertisers and calling on Nickelodeon to stop promoting Jason Biggs, and in particular that the network stop linking directly to his twitter account, where lewd and off-color tweets have recently made headlines: As Twitchy reported last night, Nickelodeon is actively promoting the...

Posted by Anne Segal on August 31, 2012 17 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union, after a summer of threats and miscellaneous protest actions, announced a date for their strike of September 10 this Thursday. CTU released a copy of their resolution on the website: The strike is necessary to achieve a labor contract with acceptable wages, benefits...

Posted by Anne Segal on August 31, 2012 11 Comments

I traveled to Tampa, FL, last-minute for work (good timing), so I got to experience some of the hullabaloo from the vantage point of an on-the-outskirts La Quinta. My observations: 1. Tampa's uber security perfectly captured the two paths our country faces. There was something inspiring about...

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